Author: Steve Earles
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Irish Service Women In The Great War: From Western Front to Roaring Twenties by Barbara Walsh
This is an absolute gem of a book. It covers a much neglected aspect of the Great War, and is researched and written by the very talented Barbara Walsh. As an Irishman with a strong interest in the role of the Irish in the Great War, I obviously found it a fascinating book. But, it’s…
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North Vietnam 1972 Easter Offensive by Stephen Emerson
By the end of the 1971, the Vietnam War had raged for eight years without either side gaining a decisive advantage, and the Paris peace talks were achieving little if anything. The United States was withdrawing it’s own ground forces in South Vietnam at this point, while trying to train, strengthen and equip the South…
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Korean War – Chinese Invasion by Gerry Van Tonder
In his previous books in this series, author Gerry Van Tonder traces the Korean War’s genesis from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the American defence of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur’s amphibious offensive at Inchon and the subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border.…
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Hawkwind – Roadhawks
Hawkwind are a great musical institution, hugely influential, and of course, Hawkwind gave the world Lemmy. Without Lemmy, we would not have Motorhead, and our beloved heavy metal would sound like Poison! So, Roadhawks was originally compiled by Hawkwind mainstay Dave Brock (a kind of psychedelic Catweasel!) from Hawkwind’s United Artists albums. It was, of course,…
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Spirit – Tent of Miracles
Once again Cherry Red do justice to the legacy of Spirit. This is a more recent Spirit album than many of Cherry Red’s other re-released but of equal quality. The line-up on this album features Randy California on guitar and vocal, Ed Cassidy on drums and Mike Nile on bass and vocals, a tight knit…
